Vitamins 'increase cholesterol'

"Diarmid Logan" wrote in message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3673365.stm
Vitamins 'increase cholesterol'

That's is indeed strange since vitamin c/ascorbate inhibits HMG-CoA
reductase, which is targeted by the recent anti cholesterol drugs to lower
cholesterol?

(from vitamin c foundation)
Inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase activity by ascorbic acid
(http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/261/16/7127)

http://www.vitamincfoundation.org/statin.htm

NATURE'S PERFECT STATIN®

"I've not only read Alice in Wonderland, I've been there..." -- Owen Fonorow

The hot selling statins, such as Lipitor® and Zocor®, lower cholesterol by
blocking the coenzyme HMG-CoA reductase. When vitamin C levels are low, the
body compensates and manufactures more cholesterol; when levels are high,
the vitamin inhibits HMG-CoA reductase, lowering cholesterol.

http://www.thincs.org/
The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics
For decades, enormous human and financial resources have been wasted on the
cholesterol campaign, more promising research areas have been neglected,
producers and manufacturers of animal food all over the world have suffered
economically, and millions of healthy people have been frightened and
badgered into eating a tedious and flavorless diet or into taking
potentially dangerous drugs for the rest of their lives. As the scientific
evidence in support of the cholesterol campaign is non-existent, we consider
it important to stop it as soon as possible.

Anth

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